EUR 835 million
The Call for Projects 2026 is open for submission of Project Concepts from 14 November 2025 until 25 February 2026 (3 p.m. CET) via the Open Application Platform (OAP).
Dr. Sören David
[email protected]
The Mitigation Action Facility is a go-to platform providing technical support and climate finance for ambitious mitigation projects with the aim of decarbonising key sectors of the economy and society.
The Mitigation Action Facility funds ambitious climate change mitigation projects to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and long-term strategies (LTS) that are crucial for achieving the Paris Agreement goals. The Call for Projects 2026 will offer climate finance for the implementation of mitigation projects aligned with new ambitious NDCs. While the Mitigation Action Facility primarily focuses on three priority sectors, it remains open to cross-sectoral projects linked to one of the priority sectors. As highlighted in the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , energy, transport and industry together account for 73% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (as of 2021). To shift the targeted sectors towards a carbon-neutral development pathway, the Mitigation Action Facility selects innovative projects that can catalyse sector-wide transformational change. These efforts can help ܪll the shortfall in climate finance required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Please check the General Information Document (GID) for more information
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ), the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (KEFM), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the European Union and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).
Funding Type
Monitoring and Reporting Procedures
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an important part of the Mitigation Action Facility.
Monitoring is carried out by the TSU for the overall Mitigation Action Facility and by the Implementation Organisation(s) for the individual projects. Projects are expected to develop and anchor monitoring capacities within national institutions in the partner country in order to ensure that monitoring and data collection mechanisms do not end when the project concludes. Project-level M&E should be based on the M&E Framework, which provides guidance on monitoring and reporting requirements. In addition to indicators measuring the progress of the project in terms of outputs and outcomes, attention must be paid to the monitoring of mandatory core indicators, Mitigation Action Facility indicators, and additional sector-specific indicators.
For reporting on progress, Implementation Organisation(s) are required to regularly submit progress reports to the Mitigation Action Facility using a template provided by the TSU. These reports cover:
- Bi-annual risk reporting using a Project Risk Matrix and focusing on project-specific risks, risk mitigation actions, Key Risk Indicators from the Mitigation Action Facility, and lessons learnt. This is complemented by quarterly calls with the TSU to discuss recent developments.
- Annual reports on the status and progress of the project, including an updated implementation schedule and information on the project’s performance according to indicators, risk assessment, deviations from the original planning, lessons learnt and financial status of the project.
- A final report to be submitted two months prior to the end of the project. In addition to the reporting requirements of the annual report, the final project report will assess the overall performance and achievements of the project in terms of outcomes and outputs and will discuss the impacts and lessons learnt.
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Organizational and Decision Making Structure
The central decision-making body of the Mitigation Action Facility. Currently the Board comprises representatives from five Donors, i.e. the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN), the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (KEFM) and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the European Union (EU), and the Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). The Board takes all relevant decisions related to strategy, policies, guidelines and budget, and selects the projects for funding.
Eligibility Criteria
Based on the mandatory characteristics of a project as outlined in Chapter 4, Project Concepts must meet certain eligibility criteria to ensure that the Concepts submitted fulܪl the formal competitive bidding requirements for Mitigation Action Facility support:
- Timely submission (i.e. by the closure of the Concept Phase of the Call for Projects 2026, as communicated by the Mitigation Action Facility)
- Focus on one of the three priority sectors – energy, industry, or transport – or on a cross-sectoral project linked to one of the priority sectors
- Completeness of information (all mandatory fields of the Concept template filled out online)
- Information provided in English
- ODA-eligibility of the country according to the OECD DAC List throughout the entire envisaged project implementation period
- Qualification of Mitigation Action Facility funding as ODA finance
- Funding volume requested from the Mitigation Action Facility for implementation is in the range of EUR 5–25 million, excluding DPP funding
- Envisaged implementation duration of 3–5 ½ years
- Applicants may submit up to six Project Concepts
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Eligible Countries
DAC List of ODA Recipients